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In 2004, Vico C released an album titled En Honor A La Verdad (In Honor Of The Truth). While it was not a major hit it still sold well and one of the album's singles "El Bueno, El Malo y El Feo" ("The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly"), referring to Eddie Dee, himself and Tego Calderón respectively. The single was widely heard. The single was a great combination of the best "Conscience" sub-genre of reggeaton artists.
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Vico-C wrote everything, and Barón López did a lot of the arrangements and production, but the attitude is entirely different. In a move toward the hip hop mainstream, the genre exploration is largely missing - the reggae title track and "Así Es Que Va A Soñar," and the merengue "Pa' Mi Coleción" are the exceptions - and instead there are a lot of tracks based on programmed drums and keyboards, either slow ("Base Y Fundamento") or fast ("Cosa Nuestra"). With such ordinary backing tracks, it's harder to overlook his lackluster "let's party" lyrics ("El") - though when he does get serious, as with his right-wing, anti-abortion tirade on the title track, you may wish he'd go back to partying. Many of the tracks are enjoyable ("Saboréalo," which samples NWA's "Express Yourself"; "Baby Quiero Hacerlo," based on the S.O.S. Band's "Take Your Time (Do It Right)"), but it's depressing to see an artist excise the part of his act that made him original and vital. Musicians include Isaac Young (sax), Stanley Kanashige (bass) and a bunch of backing vocalists: Lizzy Estrella, Iris Martínez, César Flores, Yanira Torres, Marisol Laureano, Jesenia Feliciano, Aida Lesalle, Julio Cora, Paradise, Sonia and Crysel.
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Many consider Vico C to be a pioneer of Reggaeton. Some have gone as far as to call him the "Father and Creator of Reggaeton" He has worked alongside with many artists including Big Boy, Eddie Dee, Ivy Queen, Héctor y Tito, Tego Calderon. He has ... worked with producers Baby Ranks, Tony Touch and Luny Tunes.
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